Up to last Thursday, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) distributed food hampers to 1,759 households as part of its work to bring relief to citizens during the current month-long emergency curfew instituted by the Ministry of Public Health in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The beneficiaries, who are from 25 communities in regions Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten, have received hampers containing a month’s supply of food items, according to a Ministry of the Presidency release.
Captain Salim October, CDC Senior Response Officer, was reported as saying in the release that the success of the exercise, which began on April 5, has been achieved through careful coordination between CDC’s National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), governmental agencies, Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs), Community Liaisons and some members of the private sector.
